Karel Pospíšil (21-02-1867 - 06-04-1929) Czech composer
Karel Pospíšil was a pianist and music composer, but also a chess composer.
The problem below has nice key and a brutal threat, but the variations deserve being sought:
Pospíšil, Karel
Světozor, 1885
Světozor, 1885
| #3 | 9 + 12 |
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Josef Vančura (21-02-1870 - 26-05-1930) Czech composer
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| Josef Vančura [Source] |
Josef Vančura must not be confounded with his son Josef (Jan) Vančura.
Vančura, Josef
Světozor, 1913
Světozor, 1913
| #3 | 8 + 4 |
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David Joseph (21-02-1896 - 23-08-1984) British composer
David Joseph's study was published under more versions, but the version below is perhaps the most elegant:
Joseph, David
Sunday Express, 1921
Sunday Express, 1921
| + | 3 + 3 |
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Lars Falk (21-02-1948) Swedish composer
Lars Falk contributed to BESN September 1999 with an interesting article "Life imitates art" (pp.116-117).
Falk, Lars
Kubbel MT, 1991
1st Honorable Mention
Kubbel MT, 1991
1st Honorable Mention
| + | 4 + 3 |
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Yves Tallec has some great anecdotes about Tartakower; he played him in a simul and also noted that Tartakower often attended the meeting of the problemists at his Paris chess club (with Seneca et al) and was always very interested in chess problems. I have noted that he is one of the few writers of that time who use problem terminology and also correctly use the term, "a problem-like move." Too many authors use this for any flashy move.
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